WASHINGTON, D.C. - With their eyes on a potential $20 million to $70 million prize, Northeast Ohio Congress members on Thursday urged the U.S. Commerce Department to direct big bucks . . .
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BARBERTON, Ohio—What do Ohio middle schoolers and rubber industry professionals have in common? For Barberton Middle School students, the answer is a basic understanding of the similarities and differences between liquid . . .
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RDAbbott and NovationSi recently gave a group of Ohio middle schoolers a firsthand look at American manufacturing in action. On July 12th, approximately fifteen students from Barberton Middle School toured . . .
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Across the country and within all industries, workforce development is a top issue for business development, expansion, and attraction. Because of its importance, states, regions, and other localities are taking . . .
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The Greater Akron Chamber and the workforce development nonprofit ConxusNEO are working with $350,000 in 2023 grant funding from the state that they say will boost efforts to attract more . . .
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AKRON — The Ohio Department of Development (ODOD) recently awarded $2.5 million through the Ohio Industry Sector Partnership Grant Program, with Greater Akron to receive two grants totaling $350,000.The grants . . .
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(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Lt. Governor Jon Husted, Director of the Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation, announced that 13 workforce partnerships located throughout the state will receive a total of $2.45 million . . .
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Talan Products Inc. employs 85 people and hopes to expand in the next few years. That may not be easy at a time when there is about one person looking . . .
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Getting on board with public transit options can help employers recruit and retain workers, while also promoting equity and reducing some greenhouse gas emissions. That approach helped Laketran, Ohio’s Lake . . .
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CLEVELAND – As businesses seek to hire, retain their workforces or simply keep the doors open at their sites, many have been begun to ask, “Where are the workers?” Recent . . .
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